John Goerzen wrote:
> Think about it -- if you manage dozens, hundreds, or thousands of Debian
> machines -- few of which even have a monitor -- how useful is this?
>
> Debian is all about not making assumptions like this. If you want this
> feature, you are free to install it.
Debian is capable of figuring out whether it's being installed with a
monitor[1] at install time; if it is then update-notifier will be installed
(in etch, as part of the gnome-desktop task, thanks to the work of
Stratus).
It's a fallacy to think that just because Debian wants to support
everyone that we can't target common sets of users, like desktop users,
and support them well, with polish.
--
see shy jo
[1] gross oversimplification